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GLENDALE, Ariz. — It took one half for Chris Matthews to go from NFL unknown to a name casual football fans know. That is what the Super Bowl stage can do. The wide receiver caught his first pass of the season in the second quarter of Super Bowl XLIX to jump-start a Seahawks offense that had been stymied. Russell Wilson lobbed a 44-yard pass that Matthews hauled in to set up Marshawn Lynch's 3-yard touchdown run, and then with two seconds remaining in the second quarter, Matthews caught an 11-yard touchdown pass as Patriots fourth cornerback Logan Ryan offered little resistance. Talk about an emergence for Matthews, who before the Super Bowl was known for recovering the onside...

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